Spigot.



G. B. CARROLL.

SPIGOT.

AYPLIOATIOH HLM) 116.22, 1910.

Eatented May 30, ,WM

GEORGE B. CARROLL, OF RED OAK, IOWA.

SPIGGT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 22, 1910. Serial No. 578,369.

retreated May so, ieri.

vl`vTo., all 'it 'may concern:

Be it known that l, GEORGE B. CARROLL,

y a citizen of the United States, residing at Red Oak, in the county of Montgomery and State of lowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvement-s in Spigotsg.

and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to malte 5 and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in A faucets.

The object of the invention is to provide means whereby the faucet may be actuated with one hand when it is desired to draw iiquid.

I provide a tray or support on the valve op.

A further object of the invention is to provide a faucet the valve of which will automatically close. f

A further object of the invention is to erating handle to hold a vessel and by means of which the valve of the faucet may be conveniently opened.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings :--F igure 1 is a perspective view of my improved faucet. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the modified form of the invention.

The same numerals refer to like parts in all the figures. p

1 indicates a pipe having exterior screw threads 2, near one end, and interiorly threaded at 3, at its opposite end. Screwed into engagement with the threads 3, is the faucet proper, indicated at 4, and provided with an upwardly extendedhollow boss 5. The interior of the boss y5, is threaded to receive a plug 6, and below the same is an annular flange 7, and between the latter and the plug is a rubber gasket 8. A cone shape valve 9, engages the inner end of the faucet 4, and is normally seated against the latter as shown in Fig. 2. A curved valve stern extends from the cone shape valve and passes through openings 10 and 11 in the gasket 8 and the plug 6, and projects some distance above the latter as indicated at 12. y

Pivotally mounted on a standard 13, extending up from the faucet 4, is a valve operati lever 15, the outer end of which'is provi ed on its under surface with an inclined notch, designed to engage the upper end 12 of the valve stem. The rear end of the operatinglever is curved downward to lie close to the -pipe 1, and at its end it is provided with a weight 16, and an opening 17. A coil spring 12@L is interposed between the outer end of the operating lever and the plug 6 to act with the weight in automatically closing the valve 9. The upper end of the valve stem is linked or otherwise connected to the, operating lever, as shown at 12b, relative position.

A standard 19, on the pipe 1 extends up from the latter adjacent the opening 17 in the operating Vlever,vand it is provided with whereby to retain the parts in their an opening 20, which registers with thetg` opening 17. A. pad lock 21 passes through l..

the registering openings 17 and 20 to lock.

the faucet against unauthorized persons tampering with it.

Suspended from the outer end of the ope erating lever is a tray 22. The tray may be of any approved pattern, and at its lower end it is provided with ashelf l23, on which a vessel may be supported when drawing liquid. l

In t-he modification l have shown the operating lever applied to a different form of faucet, having a plug valve 25. The operating lever 26, is secured to one end of the plug valve, and at its inner end it is provided with a weight 27, and an opening 28, and at its outer free end it is connected to a tray 29. A standard 30 having an opening, is located near the weighted end of the lever, by means of which a pad lool; may be employed. y

A faucet constructed in accordance with my invention renders it possible to place the vessel to receive the liquid and operate the valve with one hand, which is of great,

the valve stern, a Weight on one end of the lever, a second standard on the faucet, the said second standard and the lever having registeringopenings, adapted to receive a lock; p

2. In a faucet, the combination with a valve, a stein extending from the valve, a standard on the faucet, an operating lever pivoted to the standard and connected to the valve stein, a weight on one end of the lever, a second standard on the faucet, the said Second Standard qand the lever having registering' openings, a lock engaging the openings, a tray' suspended from the outer end of the operating lever, the tray being lo cated' under'the open end of the faucet and adapted to` Support1 a vessel.

3. In a faucet, the combination of a pipe into which the faucet is secured', a valve seatedagainst the inner end of the faucet in the pipe, a Stein extending from the valve,

' an operatinglever, a Standard on the faucet to which the operating lever is pivoted, a second standard having an opening register ing with an opening in the operating,` lever adapted to receive a lock, and a vessel supportingtray Suspended from the outer free end of the operating lever.

4. In a faucet, the combination of a valve, a stein extending therefrom, an operating lever connected to the Stern, a spring interposed between the faucet and the 'operating lever, a standard to which the operating lever, is pivoted, a weight on one end ofthe .operating lever, a tray suspended from the fouter Aend of the Operating lever, and said tray being located underthe'open end of the faucet.

5. In a faucet, the combination of a valve provided with a stem, the stem being curved upwardly and extending through the faucet, a pivoted operating lever contacting` with the Stein, av vessel supporting tray eulpported on the outer end of the lever, 'and means tending to close the valve.

G. In a faucet, the combination of a valve provided with a Stem, the stem being curved up\ ardly and extending through the faucet, an operating` lever pivetall)T connected to the faucet and to the valve stern, a vessel Suplever, and a Spring on the valve etein interposed between the, faucetA and the lever adapted to cloee the valve.

Q7. ln a faucet, the con'ibination of a valve having a stein, a plug secured in the upper Side of the faucet and having an aperture, said stein being` cur-,ved land extending through the aperture-in the plug, an operating' lever pivotally7 eonnectedto the faucet' and to the valve'stein, a` vessel supporting tray carried on the outer end of the lever, and a spring on the valve stein interposed between'. the faucetand the. lever zulapted to close the valve.

In testimony whereof l afiix 'my .Signature in presence of two witnesses GllUlG'il B. CARROLL,

lVitneSeee: I

Tiros. R. B u'roiiaa'r, loliN C. BRYANT. 

